Friday, December 28, 2007

Thank You for Smoking (2005)


I reeeally thought this would be a good one. Main character is the spokesman for the tobacco industry, he talks for a living, and is supposed to be a really convincing liar. I expected something like a cult leader or a Boiler Room guy that can make you think that your ass is your face. Something like a soft spoken but sophisticated baritone voice that speaks so smoothly that you could believe anything he said. Like Xerxes or some other.

Well this guy fell a little short of that expectation. He talked like an idiot, shrugged a lot, and came off as snappy. He was pretty good, I guess, but he was really just on par with any amateur on the debate team. I just wasn't that amazed. He probably couldn't even smooth talk me into buying a magazine subscription for pediatric AIDS in Somalia. And fuck, Eckhart has a really huge freakin mouth.

Rating: 50%
Not so good.

2 comments:

Frankenstein said...

When did they have the technology to record Xerxes' voice? Persia didn't have the ability until, like, 5 years ago.

Anonymous said...

There's a Persia?